FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEST. CATHARINE COLLEGE SPORTS INFORMATIONFriday, September 13, 2013

WHAT A WEEK FOR THE PATRIOTS

The St. Catharine Patriots stayed busy this week,
hosting five home contests and sending one team on the road.

The week kicked off with the Lady Patriots’ soccer
team hosting the Asbury Eagles. Highlighted by keeper Lindsey Vinson’s nine
saves and Courtney Anderson’s five shots, three on goal, the Patriots were
unable to capitalize on their opportunities and fell to 3-1 on the year.

Tuesday presented a Patriot double header with the
men’s soccer team tangling with the Cougars of Mid-Continent and the volleyball
Patriots rocking Lourdes Hall against the Tigers of Georgetown. Both games
presented exciting moments, first with Marvin Wesselburg’s goal off the assist from
Ashley Woods to keep the Patriots within striking distance, followed by the
magnificent performance of Brandon Campbell and his eight saves in his first
varsity start of the year. Tuesday night was capped off with an exhilarating battle
in Lourdes Hall, where the Lady Patriots took #7 Georgetown College to five
sets led by the arm of Allie Southard and her 12 kills. The students in Lourdes
Hall created an environment rivaled by few to help the Patriots fight to the
very end.

After their battle with the Tigers the volleyball
Patriots had a bitter taste in their mouth and they were out for revenge.
Unfortunately for the Thoroughbreds of NCAA Division 2 Kentucky State, they had
to face the Patriots on Wednesday evening. After dropping the first set 27-25
the Patriots stormed back and dominated Kentucky State to win 3-1 and move to
8-5, 2-1 MSC. Led by the 14 kills of Rebecca Just the Patriots were able to put
their season back on track.

The pinnacle of the week came on Thursday when the
soccer Patriots hosted the Pikeville Bears for their conference openers. The day
kicked off with the Lady Patriots winning in thrilling fashion off the toe of
Michelle Dunaway with 45.7 seconds to go in the second half. The win propelled
the Patriots to a 4-1, 1-0 MSC record. If the first thriller wasn’t enough the
Patriot men had the remedy with part two of the thriller at the Barber, when
they hosted the Bears in the nightcap with yet another one point contest. The
Patriots were led by goals from Tyler McKenty and Ashley Woods.

With the week coming to a close the volleyball
Patriots will hit the road this weekend to travel to Oakland City University in
Indiana to face the Mighty Oaks. The men’s soccer team will host Salem
International at home Sunday at 1 PM. The cross country team will hit the road
to travel to Centre College and they will be joined in Danville by the men’s
tennis team, who will be kicking their 2013 campaign off at the Centre College
Invitational.